Free negroes,
penalty for harboring fugitives, [ § 4;]
condition of, [§ 25.]
Free States,
difficulty of transporting slaves across, [ § 36.]
French colonies,
interval of unpopulated country south, [§ 1;]
refuse to return fugitives, [§ 11.]
Friendship, ship, case of, [§ 5,] [D 10.]
Frontiers,
places of refuge, [§ 23.]
Fugitive apprentices,
act applies to, [§ 18.]
See also [servants.]
Fugitives,
evidence to convict, [§ 19;]
status on the high seas, [§ 24;]
penalty for harboring, [§ 30,] [A 80;]
pursuit interfered with, [§ 41;]
length of journeys, [§ 67;]
disguised as whites, [§ 69;]
how conducted on the underground railroad, [§ 72;]
in loyal slave states, [§ 93;]
typical cases of, during the war, [§ 94;]
arrests of, by civil officers, advertisement of, [§ 96;]
entertainment of, [A 6;]
against, [A 11,] [A 12;]
resolution for the discharge of, [C 32;]
bill to prevent return of, [C 35;]
resolution against the return of, [C 43,] [C 46;]
bill on the arrest of, by army and navy officers, [C 48;]
act to prohibit return by the army, [C 58;]
resolution on the return of, by the army and navy,
bill on the return of, by the army,
resolution demanding trial by jury for, [C 61,] [C 66,] [C 77;]
bill for the emancipation of fugitives from disloyal masters, [C 78.]
See also [Runaways,] [Escapes;]
see [Table of Contents.]
Fugitive Slaves,
appeal for, [§ 19;]
status of question from 1823 to 1847, [§ 20,] [§ 23;]
resolutions on, [§ 95;]
question discussed, [§ 95;]
arrest by army officers, [§ 95;]
resolutions on the return of,
resolution on army orders on, [C 28,] [C 36;]
resolution on, [C 74;]
sources of information on,
general histories of, [E 1,] [E 3;]
secondary sources of information on,
original sources of information on,
autobiographies of,
records of trials of,
periodicals and newspapers upon, [E 3,] [E 5,] [E 6,] [E 7,] [E 11;]
materials for study of legislation upon, [E 12.]
See also [Escapes,] [Fugitives,] [Runaways,] and [Table of Contents.]
Fugitive Slave Act, first (1793), [§ 16,] [§ 17;]
first called for, [§ 17;]
necessity of the act, [§ 17;]
passed the Senate, passed the House, [§ 17;]
signed by the President, [§ 17;]
text, [B 9;]
followed earlier examples, [§ 17,] [§ 18;]
status of opinion on, [§ 17;]
remained inoperative, [§ 16,] [§ 17;]
to enforce the, [B 29.]
Fugitive Slave Act, second (1850),
attempts to secure, [§ 20,] [§ 21;]
secured, [§ 29;]
introduced by Mason, [§ 29,] [B 30;]
Webster proposes, [B 30;]
substitute offered, [B 30;]
passed Congress, [§ 29;]
necessity of, urged, [§ 31;]
arguments for, [§ 31;]
arguments against, [§ 32;]
provisions of, [§ 30;]
text of, [B 31;]
unpopularity of, [§ 51;]
no moral foundation, [§ 51;]
declared unconstitutional, [§ 85;]
non-execution of, [§ 85;]
resolution to amend, [C 45.]